Dia Evtimova ( bg, Диа Евтимова; born 30 April 1987) is a Bulgarian

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player. On 31 October 2011, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 145 whilst her best doubles ranking was 228 on 23 June 2014. She has more than 550 match wins on the pro circuit which puts her 42nd on the List of

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and tenth among the active players. Evtimova also played for Bulgarian Fed Cup team, with a current 15–20 record.

Professional career

In 2010, she qualified for the

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where she was defeated by

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in the second round. In 2011, she qualified for the

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and reached her first quarterfinal on the

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, before she was defeated by

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Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 26 (10 titles, 16 runner–ups)

Doubles: 32 (18 titles, 14 runner–ups)

Fed Cup participation

Dia Evtimova debuted for the

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in 2007. Since then, she has a 7–13 singles record and an 8–7 doubles record (15–20 overall).

Singles (7–13)

Doubles (8–7)

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Evtimova, Dia Living people People from Haskovo Bulgarian female tennis players 1987 births Sportspeople from Sofia